Innovators Handbook 2018 - Live Q&A
Innovators Handbook 2018 - Virtual SummitLive Q&A sessions
Tirza Hollenhorst
Create a compelling vision for 2018 and then define the goals, measurements and daily habits that create your success. Join us on Jan 10 for a live Q&A with Tirza Hollenhorst. It's free to register...bring us your 2018 vision, & get ready to see that needle move.
Wednesday January 10th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Laszlo Gyorffy
In this live Q&A, Laszlo Gyorffy talks about how you can transform raw ideas into meaningful action, and drive #innovation awareness and engagement across your organization. It costs you nothing to join the discussion...so bring on your burning questions!
Thursday January 11th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Philip Horvath
Create the optimal conditions for sparking REAL cultural change inside your organization. Join us and other changemakers like you for a live Q&A with Phillip Horvath on Jan 16, and learn how to make the shift happen in 2018.
Tuesday January 16th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Dan Toma
Do your higher-ups need educating about the meaning, relevance and progression of your work? We're talking metrics, measurements and ROI in this live Q&A with Dan Toma. Join us Jan 17 (it's free) & learn how to clearly demonstrate the value of what you do, & make 2018 the year they finally 'get it'.
Wednesday January 17th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Terry Howerton
These days you have to innovate to survive - and you have to effectively collaborate in order to harness that #innovation. Join us on Jan 23 for a live Q&A with Terry Howerton as we learn how to engage in and leverage external ecosystems.
Tuesday January 23rd
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Tristan Kromer
In this live Q&A, Tristan Kromer shares how applying pressure through metered funding and success metrics can teach large organizations (like yours) to innovate quickly and effectively. Join the discussion on Jan 24 and learn better ways to fund #innovation.
Wednesday January 24th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Ricardo dos Santos
How should you hire for #innovation? That's one of the topics Ricardo dos Santos covers in this live (and free) Q&A. Join us Jan 30 to learn how to democratize innovation and embed opportunities within your orgs structure.
Tuesday January 30th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Rachel Audigé
As intrapreneurs we need to know how to challenge biases to create space for counter-intuitive ideas and real #innovation. In this live Q&A, Rachel Audige busts us out of fixed mindsets and shows us how to systematically 'unlearn' so we can #innovate more effectively.
Wednesday January 31st
11:00am CET // 9:00pm Melbourne time
Frank Mattes
In this live Q&A, Frank Mattes explains how to increase the chances of #innovation success by using a dual structure - 'exploiting' for the existing business and 'exploring' for the new business. Join us Jan 31, and make real business impact in 2018!
Wednesday January 31st
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Brian Ardinger
How do you turn a creativity sprint - a hackathon, a bootcamp - into a successful addition to a corporate innovation portfolio? Brian Ardinger charts the pathways (and pitfalls) in this live Q&A.
Wednesday February 7th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Janet Bumpas
In this no-cost, live Q&A, Janet Bumpas outlines what it takes to successfully bring a corporate startup or product through one of its most critical (and vulnerable) phases: the scaling phase.
Wednesday February 14th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Marc Sniukas
How do we align #innovation with strategy? In this live Q&A on Feb 21, Marc Sniukas shares how companies can move forward with confidence to innovate strategically in a rapidly changing marketplace.
Wednesday February 21st
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Sonja Kresojevic
Are you experimenting at scale? In this live Q&A with Sonja Kresojevic, we'll unpack the process of embracing experimentation and lean principles of continuous learning and adaptation.
Wednesday February 28th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Jan Kennedy
HR often gets a bad rap - but they're crucial for #innovation. In this no-cost, live Q&A, Jan Kennedy shows you how to get HR on board for innovation, develop a pool of highly skilled talent and use resources efficiently.
Thursday March 1st
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Dave Blakely
What's the best setup for your #innovation program? In this live Q&A, Dave Blakely breaks down the different types of strategies and structures available to the innovation-hungry enterprise.
Tuesday March 6th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Tendayi Viki
Can you strategically manage a product portfolio just as a VC would manage investments? Tendayi Viki says yes, and in this no-cost, live Q&A he's going to show you how it's done. Join us on March 7, and make sure you bring your most burning questions!
Wednesday March 7th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Andy Cars
It's ok to fail - as long as you "fail smart." In this live Q&A, Andy Cars shows you how to take smart risks and reframe failure within your company to build new opportunities for long-term growth.
Wednesday March 14th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Sugath Warnakulasuriya
In this live Q&A, Sugath Warnakulasuriya offers a simple and clear game plan for setting up and using a portfolio of innovation tools and techniques that make #innovation easier for your org.
Wednesday March 21st
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Vidar Andersen
Should we pivot? That question strikes fear in the hearts of even the most hardened intrapreneurs. In this live Q&A, Vidar Andersen lays out the complexities, risks, timing and implications of pivoting, alongside the 5Ws of getting the pivot to work for you.
Wednesday March 28th
10:30am EST // 16:30 CET
Are You Innovating As Fast As The World Is Changing? The Need for Speed - Simone Ahuja
Are You Innovating As Fast As The World Is Changing? - The Need for Speed
Expert: Simone AhujaCurator: Sugath Warnakulasuriya
Dr. Simone Ahuja is an innovation strategist who helps large firms move the right ideas to execution through #intrapreneurship #frugal innovation #agile #technology. MIT advisor & HBR.org columnist.
01 // The speed of change: what’s the difference between the context inside and outside of large companies?
02 // What are the easiest ways to get to start moving faster?
03 // How do you navigate gatekeepers and those minimizing risks?
You Can’t Go Alone – Effectively Engaging in Ecosystems Outside The Walls of Your Organization - Terry Howerton
You Can’t Go Alone – Effectively Engaging in Ecosystems Outside The Walls of Your Organization
Expert: Terry HowertonCurator: Paul Hobcraft
Terry Howerton, serial entrepreneur, investor, CEO of TechNexus, a venture collaborative that finds, funds & grows tech ventures aligned with large enterprises. @terryhowerton @technexus
00 // Intro
01 // What’s the key role for the intrapreneur in the current fast-changing landscape?
02 // How to best operate at the intersection of the mothership and its ecosystems?
03 // How do you build an outside ecosystem that delivers value to the core business?
Leadership Support: How To Get and Keep it - Brant Cooper
Leadership Support: How To Get and Keep it
Expert: Brant CooperCurator: Paul Hobcraft
CEO of Moves the Needle and author of the New York Times best seller The Lean Entrepreneur. He also serves as an advisor to entrepreneurs, accelerators and corporate innovation teams.
01 // Leadership makes or breaks innovation- how should we ensure the leadership stays engaged?
02 // How to maintain leadership support also if budgets are cut?
03 // What about CFO support?
Funding Innovation: New Models to Replace Traditional Approaches - Tristan Kromer
Funding Innovation: New Models to Replace Traditional Approaches
Expert: Tristan KromerCurator: Hans Balmaekers
Tristan works with teams and leaders to create amazing products and build innovation ecosystems. He works with startups & >$1B revenue enterprises.
01 // New models for funding: why do we need them?
02 // What new models are emerging?
03 // How do these models influence the design and delivery of innovation programs in general?
Everyone an Innovator: Should We Even Want That, and How To Do It? - Ricardo dos Santos
Everyone an Innovator: Should We Even Want That, and How To Do It?
Expert: Ricardo dos SantosCurator: Andy Cars
Ricardo dos Santos is the creator of Collective Entrepreneurship, a practice combining crowdsourcing with the power of self-forming teams to discover, network & accelerate breakthrough ideas.
01 // What are examples of employee innovation programs?
02 // Is innovation everyone’s job?
03 // How does this idea that innovation is everyone’s job play out in the different types of innovation?
No Budget, No Time? Innovating Within Constraints - David Hicks
No Budget, No Time? Innovating Within Constraints
Expert: David HicksCurator: Janett Egber
Explorer and teacher of culture and leadership at the edge of the emerging future. Working with companies and their people to prepare them for exponential transformation.
01 // How do you build momentum when there are no resources or budget available?
02 // Can one ask intrapreneurs to work on projects on their own time?
03 // Any examples of outcomes achieved that didn't require specific budget or resources?
04 // If we were having this conversation in 3 years time, what do you think would be different then?
Uncharted Territory: How Do We Scale Corporate Ventures? - Janet Bumpas
Uncharted Territory: How Do We Scale Corporate Ventures?
Expert: Janet BumpasCurator: Andy Cars
Janet comes from Silicon Valley where she was part of three startups: one went public, one was acquired by eBay, and one failed. She currently lives in The Netherlands working at ScaleUpNation to help companies scale initiatives.
01 // How do you know when you're ready to scale?
02 // Are the same people involved in the scaling phase after product-market fit?
03 // What are the main challenges when scaling?
It’s Not Easy Being the Innovator: How Do You Stay Fit For The Role? - Philip Horvath
It’s Not Easy Being the Innovator: How Do You Stay Fit For The Role?
Expert: Philip HorvathCurator: Hans Balmaekers
Explorer and teacher of culture and leadership at the edge of the emerging future. Working with companies and their people to prepare them for exponential transformation.
01 // Why is the role of an innovator different, more difficult?
02 // What is this thing called purpose?
03 // How can we create high-performing teams?
The Murky Middle? Driving Innovation Awareness And Engagement Across The Organization - Laszlo Gyorffy
The Murky Middle? Driving Innovation Awareness And Engagement Across The Organization
Expert: Laszlo GyorffyCurator: Paul Hobcraft
Laszlo is President of EDG Inc. and for over 25 years, he has used Silicon Valley innovation strategies and practices to help client companies succeed in a rapidly transforming world.
00 // Intro
01 // How can you best get support for your new ideas?
02 // How can you ask for a stronger focus on and commitment to innovation?
03 // How can we educate our leadership and get them to understand the value of intrapreneurship?
Show Me The Money: Talking Metrics, Measurements and ROI - Dan Toma
Show Me The Money: Talking Metrics, Measurements and ROI
Expert: Dan TomaCurator: Sugath Warnakulasuriya
Dan comes from an entrepreneurial background. Puzzled by the questions ‘why are innovative products mainly launched by startups?’, He focuses on enterprise innovation strategy and product ownership. He co-authored the book The Corporate Startup.
01 // What’s the best way to frame the conversation around investing in innovation?
02 // What measurements do you put in place to track progress?
03 // How do you communicate about your progress?
Un-Learning: How To Un-Block and Bust Fixedness in People’s Mindsets? - Rachel Audigé
Un-Learning: How To Un-Block and Bust Fixedness in People’s Mindsets?
Expert: Rachel AudigéCurator: Janett Egber
@rachelaudige Train your teams to take a different search engine through their minds to break fixedness and unearth counter-intuitive ideas. # Systematic Inventive Thinking #Inside-the-box thinking
00 // Intro
01 // Considering organizational culture: what is blocking innovation today?
02 // How do we do un-learning?
03 // How do we embed the skills and tools for un-learning?
A Culture of Innovation: We All Talk About It, But What Does It Take To Create It? - Cris Beswick
A Culture of Innovation: We All Talk About It, But What Does It Take To Create It?
Expert: Cris BeswickCurator: Hans Balmaekers
Entrepreneur & CEO turned strategic advisor & troubleshooter on innovation to some of the world’s most ambitious companies #author #speaker
01 // What is a culture of innovation?
02 // What is the process for creating such a culture?
03 // What is the role of old-fashioned change managemen?
Intrapreneurs: How Do You Spot, Develop and Retain Them? - Nick de Mey
Intrapreneurs: How Do You Spot, Develop and Retain Them?
Expert: Nick de MeyCurator: Simone Ahuja
Nick, co-founder of Boardofinnovaton.com. Together with his team of designers & entrepreneurs, he helps large corporates to innovate like startups.
01 // What is the role of senior leadership in developing and keeping intrapreneurs?
02 // What are incentives to keep intrapreneurs engaged and at the helm of their own initiatives?
03 // How long should intrapreneurs be connected to their own experiments?
Dual innovation: Finding The Balance Between Exploitation and Exploration - Frank Mattes
Dual innovation: Finding The Balance Between Exploitation and Exploration
Expert: Frank MattesCurator: Paul Hobcraft
Expert in Digital Innovation and Dual Innovation: Achieving Return On Innovation across all innovation horizons simultaneously.
00 // Intro
01 // What are good examples of organizations managing dual structures?
02 // Innovation labs: how do you deal with the legacy organization?
03 // How do you structure H3-activities?
Labs, Incubators, Skunkworks: What’s The Best Setup for Your Innovation Program? - Dave Blakely
Labs, Incubators, Skunkworks: What’s The Best Setup for Your Innovation Program?
Expert: Dave BlakelyCurator: Hans Balmaekers
Dave Blakely is a partner at Mach49, a Silicon Valley incubator that helps Global 1000 companies create, build and launch new ventures from within.
01 // Labs, incubators, skunk works - what’s the difference?
02 // For these innovation structures to operate effectively, what’s the best distance from the mothership?
It’s OK to Fail. Really? - Andy Cars
It’s OK to Fail. Really?
Expert: Andy CarsCurator: Simone Ahuja
Andy Cars is the founder of Lean Ventures, an innovation consultancy in Stockholm. His focus is on running measurable innovation strategies & intrapreneurship programs for large companies.
01 // Every organization says they are okay with "failure". Is this true in practice?
02 // What's the most effective way to share the knowledge that emerges from failure across the organization?
03 // How can failure be reframed as learning, and what kind of metrics can support it?
A Winning Innovation Team: Roles, Behaviours, Mindsets and Collaboration - Mark Vernooij
A Winning Innovation Team: Roles, Behaviours, Mindsets and Collaboration
Expert: Mark VernooijCurator: Andy Cars
Mark Vernooij is a partner at THNK School of Creative Leadership. He helps organizations around the world build purposeful innovation capabilities.
01 // What roles, behaviours and mindsets are needed for winning innovation teams?
02 // What tools, methods and processes can we use for creating high-performing teams?
03 // What role does collaboration play in creating winning innovation teams?
The Obvious (?) Link Between Diversity And Innovation - Andrés Tapia
The Obvious (?) Link Between Diversity And Innovation
Expert: Andrés TapiaCurator: Janett Egber
Andrés T. Tapia is a senior client partner at Korn Ferry, a global leadership and talent consultancy. He serves clients worldwide as a strategist and c-suite advisor. He is also a thought leader, writer, and public speaker. He lives in Chicago and grew up in Lima, Perú.
01 // What does diversity actually mean?
02 // How does (the lack of) diversity impact innovation?
03 // What metrics can be used to measure diversity on innovation?
04 // What would you like to see changing in the next 3 to 5 years?
Agile Strategy: Connecting Innovation To Business Strategy - Marc Sniukas
Agile Strategy: Connecting Innovation To Business Strategy
Expert: Marc SniukasCurator: Paul Hobcraft
Author of 'The Art of Opportunity'. Member of the Founding Team & Global Managing Partner at Territory. Marc’s passion is co-designing novel practices for crafting strategies, transforming organizations, and making them more entrepreneurial, innovative, agile, and responsive.